Antifriction-bearing and a process of manufacturing the same.



CORPORATION f OFi CONNECTICUT. i

AN'rIrmctrroN-BEABINGTAND .Al rnocnss or MANUFACTURING T nassaui. a.

TouZZ Uiomitmdy concern;

Be it known thatlfLFnEDERicK Cri.HUGHES,y

a citizen of the United States, residingl at lBristol. county ofHartford, State of Connecticutdhave invented a certain new and useful `rintifriction-Bearing Vand a Process f Manufacturing they Same, `of ivhichthe rollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescrip tion, lsuch as Willbenable yothers skilled in the: artto which' it appertains to make vand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming `'part of this` specification.

My invention relates to antifriction bear-l ings, and to processes of manufacturing .the

Same f One object is to provide a bearing having a race memberL composed of a plurality, of assembled parts held accurately, rigidly and permanently in their proper relations, such bearing being of simple structure and of lowcost `of manufacture.

Another. object `Iis to ,provide assemblingand constructionfor use in the manufacture of antifriction bearings, par-y I ti'cularly that above noted.

To these ends, ,and also to improve genera-lly upon devices and sprocesses of `the character indicated, myA inventionfconsists i in the .following matters hereinafter describedand claimed.

Inthey ac companying` drawing Figure 1 isa vd'iametrical cross-sectional view of an annular. double roiv ball bearing ,35

embodying myl invention;

Fig. 2 is al 4view of one of the cup units,A

y looking in the direction of the arrovar in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a unit illustratedin Fig'. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 3: in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmental perspective View of a portion of the shell unit ofthe bearing illustrated in Figflyvsuch portion being considered as cutout'zv from the lower por-v.

tion upon the' diametrical section,ofFigE 1 double' rowball bearingy of "the Ltype: shown `(in Fig. 1) and described'fi'nlU.'S. Patent 921,464.' granted Mayirffiaoa; tara: F,

Rockwell, and having a split separator foff ,FnEDEaIoK e., HUGHES. or Blais'trot, CONNECTICUT.'AssieNitfoTim NEWT@ DEPARTURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or BR1sToi'.;*CoNNBcTrU y specification of Lettersratent; 'Patentedfl'ulyr7,191ml' f ",'Aguation ala october 1a, 1ere] I'serial'No'..125,2'34.

ar process of 1 fragmental view of the cup the. type shoxvn and described 1n ent 1,105,132, grantediluly 28,311,914;

Graham. y t v l*Reterrmg to the I accompanying draiv1ng,`` land to said .patents, lyindicates kthe `Ainner racemember, or cone', with a central@.shaft-y, receiving bore 2 andtivo likeannularconthe side, faces of the cup units and; holdthe cup units and' the/balls yassembled with the cone. VEach cup y.unit .isy provided ywith a continuous and unbroken 'annular balll track, 6al andz 7a respectively, opposite afrespective cone ball track andcoopera-,ting therewith to ,providel araceway yr-iior an` annular series of a suitable numberl oithe loallsff..l vlf'lhe four` ball4 tracks are leach curvedy crosswise of the ,bearing uponl a radius greater than that of the balls thereby to giveiayloa-ll ,one point o'lcontact only upon; eachtrack, the. loadhlines being angular,,asindicated Iby line frz-Z), and e.flchl;serie's otlba-lflsfandjits tracks providing a -".t\vo.`poir,1tl.I radial-,andi-y thrust bearing. Theballs of each series1 areA spaced by one :halfvoffa Lsplit separator. 10.V The shell unit is a seamless single lpiece. y, i

According to my invention` lpro'vi'de the. outside `radially extendingy face ofl each `cup unit,` at, theportions yvhereit; contactspthe inturned end ,of the shell unit, with, a` suitable number, as a. complete annular. series, of ribs4 11,..l Alsol provide thezinside facci of each inturned end Qwith a numbero'fribs 12.- These ribs -12 arepreferably like, in character and number, the ribsgll andA they coperate with, intimately me[sli\y.ith, and closely fit, the ribsll. Theribs 1,1 and .12, as illustrated, extend transverse thvepldirection of the circula mev Lo f;travel, of. theL balls,y as radiallyA of( the bearing.; Theyf anchor the cup unitsfto the shellunit against. any rotative traveler Acreeping,With respect; thereto. This prevents,I ag.c.up urrit ,being, by the traveling balls,dragged,aroundtthez shell unit (held stationary l.inthe@housing Ag). Thus the anchoring prevents thewearff.

ing of the shell unit by a rotating cup unit, particularly along the radial contacting faces, and so prevents the loosening, and

A ivabbling of the cup units in the shell unit,

the destroying of the initial accurate fit and adjustment of the parts, and the rapid destruction of the bearing. f l

I accomplish this desirable anchoring without the use of set screws,fspring wash.- ers, inserted keys, and such additional and supplemental elements. Moreover I use no structure, such as mating screw threads on the cup units and shell` unit, which would hinder the attaining of that accuracy of adjustnient, made easy, in the asselnbling of the bearing, by the. smooth-bored shell, slid-in cup units and spun-over right hand edge ofthe shell unit.

The anchoring projections 11 may be formed with a nui-ling tool in any suitable size, arrangement and shape. I have 4found small substantially V-shaped, closely adjacent, ribs, extending substantially across the portions of the cup units in contact with the ends 9a, and of substantially the size shown infFigs. 2 and 3, satisfactory for bearings of the ,various commercial sizes. In Figs. l .and 4 the ribs 11 and 12 are, yfor clearness, exaggerated in size.

The bearing is preferably assembled by (l) forcing the (say) lefthand (in Fig. lp), cup unit into the bore of the shell unit and against the flat, left hand, previously inl,-` 4turned end of the shell unit, by a straightline movement from the right, vintrod'uc ing the cone, the balls, and the separator, (3) forcing in the right hand cup unitI by a straight-line movement and (4) spinning doWn the right hand end of the shell unit and thereby forcing it against the cup unit.

The shell unit is,`generally, of comparatively soft steelfand the cup units are`of comparatively hard steel. So,I in assembling in the above described manner, vthe ribs of lthe left `hand cup unit are driven into the shell unit r,and thus form the' ribs at they left endk thereof. AlsoL when `the right end of the shell ,unit is spun init is forced ,'between the Iribs of the right hand cup unit and thus forms the ribs at the right hand end of the shellunit. -Thus'pthe operation of assembling provides thefshell unit with its ribs and becomes,. lto that eX- tent, a process of construction as well as a process of assemblinf.

It will be seen tliatI"r have providedfa bearing of the character' indicated. whose parts are held rigidly anduaccurately in assembled positionwithout complicated or ex- 'y pensivestriilcture. Itwwlll also'be seen that I have provided al smipleand lnex'pyensi've1 process of assembling and'constructionfory usev in the "manufacture ofq antifrlction bearscribed type. M

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. In an antifriction bearing, a pair of opposed race members each providing a track for antifriction members, anda series of antifriction members traveling upon said tracks; one of the race members comprising a backer unit and a track unit having a continuous and uninterrupted track, the backer unit extending crosswise of the bearing along a surface of the track unit and having an upstanding flange, and the track unit having a face in contact with the side face of said flange with both faces provided with integral, coperating, and meshing anchoring projections located to prevent the travel of said tracknnit relative to said backer unit; substantially asdescribed.

:2. In an antifriction bearing, an inner andI an outer annular race member each providing a track for antifriction members, and a series of antifriction members ,traveling upon said tracks; one of said race members ,comprising a shell unit and a track unit having a continuous and uninterrupted track, one 'of said units having'a bore re'- 1prevent they rotative travel of said track unit relative to said shell unit; substantially as described. ,l

" 3'. In an antifriction bearing, an inner and an outer race member each provided with a pair of tracks for antifriction members and' opposing the tracks of the other, and a pair vof series of antifriction members traveling upon said tracks; one said race member l,comprising a smooth-bored vcylindrical shell "unit upturned at its ends to provide radially extending flanges, and also comprising a pair of smooth-peripheried trackunits received in said shell unit' and each having a radially extending face in contact with a mating'I face of a flange, the mating faces be- 'ing provided with integral meshing anchoring projections' located to prevent the rotative travel of thev track units relative to y said shell unit; substantially as described. f

4, In 'the manufacture of' antif'riction vbearings comprising a built-up race member including a track unit element.. assembled .with a backeriun-it having a `flange element,`

the track unit element'being -anchored to the I hacker' unit at the flange element by anchorfing p1ojections:tlie process of v(l) providi ling' one' said element 'with an anchoring projection.' and (2.) assembling the trackwunit element with' .the l hacker unit and at'` maaar@ f contact and the said anchoring projectionA of the one element into the other element to provide such other element With projections cooperating with the first named projection; substantially as described.

5. ln the manufacture of antifriction bearings comprising a built-up race member' including two track units each with an anchoring projection, and also including a shell unit having initially one flange and finally two flanges, the track unitsbeing assembled with the shell unit and being anchored to the flanges of the shell unit by the anchoring projections upon the track units; the process of (l). assembling one track unit with the shell unit and at the same time forcing the anchoring projection s of'such track unit into the intialang Of" the shell unit-toprov'ide such -flangewith projections coperating with theprojection of the track unit, (2) bringing the other track unit into assembled relationw'ith the shell unit andthe first named track unit, and (3) forming the final flange upon the shell unit and at the same time liorcing such flange against the anchoring projection of the second named track unit to rovide such flange with projections coperatmg with the projection of such track unit; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

FREDERICK G. HUGHES. 

